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Abbreviations of legends, 30
Æsculapius and Hygieia, 32
All large plaques not originally diptychs, 42
Angel, on leaf of diptych, in British museum, 35
Arm of chair, 82
Artists in ivory, in middle ages, 117
Ashmole collection, 120
Assyrian ivories, 15
Bardolph, hanged for stealing a pax, 92
Becker’s Lycoris, 34
Bellerophon, 21
Book cover of ninth century, 48
Casket of Arabic work, 57
” from Memphis, 14
” Runic, in British museum, 52
” from Veroli, 55
” in inventories, 60
Caxton, “playe of the chesse”, 76
Chair of St. Peter at Rome, 56
” at Ravenna, 41
Chalice, &c., of ninth century, 48
Charlemagne, his patronage of Greek artists, 45
Chessmen, in chronicles and poems, 78
” earliest date, 78
” date of invention, 76
” in inventories, 79
” found in Lewis, 80
Chryselephantine statues, 18
” of the duc de Luynes, 19
” conjectural restoration, 19
Civilisation of ancient nations, 8
Coffer, sent by Eginhard, 47
” in inventories, 57
Colour in sculpture, 104
Combs, domestic, 67
” in inventories, 71
” pontifical, 69
Consul, decline of the office, 31
” the last, 31
Consular diptychs, 23, &c.
Costume in early Greek ivories, 44
Crucifixes, 107
” in Spanish Place, 108
Cup, or vase, in British museum, 46
Cushions, the meaning in consular diptychs, 25
David and Bathsheba on combs, &c., 67
Decline of art in the first four centuries, 21
” after Constantine, 26
” after sixth century, 44
Destruction of religious objects in the sixteenth century, 108
Diptych of Boethius, 29
” at Brescia, 32
” of Compiegne, 30
” ecclesiastical, 37
” ecclesiastical—their purpose, 40
” with Greek inscriptions, 38
” mutilated and palimpsest, 39
” of Justinian, 38
” found in Transylvania, 23
Domestic scenes, 67
” works in ivory, 52
Draughtsmen, 81
Dress and decorations of consuls on diptychs, 25
Ecclesiastical works in ivory, 47
Egyptian ivories, 14
English ivories, 116, 120
Etruscan ivories, 19
“Familia” of chessmen, 79
Feast of Fools, 33
Fejérváry collection, 121
Flabellum in inventories, 95
” of Theodolinda, 95
” its use, 94
Forgeries in ivory, 118
Fossil ivory, 2
Grecian ivories, 16
Handle of fan, 86
” of holy water sprinkler, 96
” of whip, 96
Horns, for hunting, 113
” tenure, 114
Iconoclast fanatics, 44
Identification of consular diptychs, 26
Importance of works in ivory, 22
Improvement in art after seventh century, 45
Ivory, African and Asiatic, 3
” its characteristics, 1
” mode of softening, 4
” much employed in 14th century, 114
” variations of colour, 5
Jehan Nicolle, 117
Jewish ivories, 13
Jupiter, at Olympia, 19
Ladies riding, 75
Legends on consular diptych, coloured red, 26
List of consular diptychs, 28
Lycoris, described, 34
Mammoth ivory, 2
Manumission of slaves, 25
Marriage caskets, 64
Meyer collection, 120
“Meyne,” its meaning, 79
Minerva, of the Parthenon, 18
Mirrors, 71
” in illuminations, 73
Moorish ivories, 118
Morris dancers, 68
Nineveh ivories restored, 6
Oliphant, explained, 113
Open-work in ivory, 63
” other examples, 115
Pastoral staff, with inscription, 88
” not used by the Pope, 89
” of great rarity, 90
” of St. Bernard, ordered in Sarum pontifical, 89
” of wood, 87
Pausanias, account of Greek statues, 17, 18
” believed ivory to be horn, 19
Pax inscriptions, 93
” inventories, 93
” late use in England, 94
” ordered in Sarum missal, 91
” its use, 91
” why disused, 93
” of wood, 93
Pietà, of Michael Angelo, 103
” in British museum, 102
Plaques of ivory, large size, 3
” not originally diptychs, 42
Prehistoric ivories, 6
Pugillares, 109
Pyx, in inventories, 57
” of St. Mennas, 60
” various uses, 60
Ravenna chair, 41
Retable of Poissy, 65
Roman ivories, 21
” ivory sculptors exempt from certain obligations, 21
Romance of the Rose, 63
” subjects, 62
Seals in British Museum, 111
” illustrating statuettes, 98
Serpent, as an emblem, 85
Shrine, explained, 51
” in illuminations, 99
Siege of the Castle of Love, 74
Spanish ivories, 118
Statuette, coloured, 105
Statuette in inventories, 100
” the largest known, 101
” opening on hinges, 100
” under canopies, 98
” very fine examples, 97
Style of English art, 116
“Symmachorvm,” the omitted word, 35
Tabernacles, at Lincoln, 99
Tables explained, 111
Tablets of Moutier, 34
” of Sens, 32
” for writing on, 109
“Tan-tabl,” its meaning, 81
Tau, explained, 84
” rarity, 85
Toreutic, its meaning, 17
Triptychs explained, 51
” in illuminations, 99
” mentioned by Anastasius, 51
Tusks, size and weight, 4
Veroli casket, probable date, 55
Volute, with double subject, 87
Webb collection, 121
Whip-handles, 96
CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.